Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Deonta

#2,632 most common boys' name of all time · #6,326 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among boys
#2,632
Rank overall
#6,326 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
2,678
Since 2016
200
Peak year
1992 #840
Best rank
#840 1992
Girls Boys peak 158/yr
198020002020

Deonta first appears in 1974. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 16 16 #5,689
2024 — 14 14 #6,284
2023 — 10 10 #7,895
2022 — 20 20 #4,907
2021 — 20 20 #4,833
2020 — 15 15 #5,794
2019 — 20 20 #4,863
2018 — 28 28 #3,841
2017 — 28 28 #3,839
2016 — 29 29 #3,726
2015 — 27 27 #3,930
2014 — 32 32 #3,414
2013 — 29 29 #3,626
2012 — 39 39 #2,980
2011 — 38 38 #3,032
2010 — 41 41 #2,896
2009 — 42 42 #2,869
2008 — 42 42 #2,857
2007 — 44 44 #2,747
2006 — 48 48 #2,533
2005 — 58 58 #2,124
2004 — 43 43 #2,546
2003 — 52 52 #2,140
2002 — 58 58 #1,929
2001 — 69 69 #1,692
2000 — 79 79 #1,534
1999 — 86 86 #1,381
1998 — 88 88 #1,352
1997 — 89 89 #1,293
1996 — 125 125 #1,004
1995 — 115 115 #1,042
1994 6 118 124 #1,025
1993 — 134 134 #932
1992 — 158 158 #840
1991 — 122 122 #966
1990 — 99 99 #1,071
1989 6 101 107 #1,028
1988 7 60 67 #1,340
1987 7 54 61 #1,377
1986 5 54 59 #1,344
1985 — 50 50 #1,388
1984 — 49 49 #1,362
1983 — 32 32 #1,783
1982 — 27 27 #2,056
1981 — 33 33 #1,764
1980 — 27 27 #2,056
1979 5 27 32 #1,990
1978 — 27 27 #1,912
1977 — 13 13 #3,198
1976 — 8 8 #4,385
1974 — 5 5 #5,874